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On the recordSeptember 13, 2012
I ask unanimous consent that the joint resolution be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the joint resolution be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 44) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S.J. Res. 44 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL CONSENT. Congress consents to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding entered into between States of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, New York, and Wisconsin, and the Canadian Provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. The compact is substantially as follows: ``article i--purpose and authorities ``The State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding, hereinafter referred to as the `compact', is made and entered into by and among such of the jurisdictions as shall enact or adopt this compact, hereinafter referred to as `participating jurisdictions'.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Sep 13, 2012

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